Executive Assistant to the Managing Director (all humans)

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director (all humans)

Erste Digital is the technology engine of Erste Group. More than 1,800 experts at locations in Vienna, Bratislava and Prague develop digital products, platforms and infrastructures that shape the banking of tomorrow.

As an Executive Assistant, you are the Managing Director’s closest professional sparring partner and take on a strategic-operational key function with direct influence on central decisions and priorities of the company.

Your Tasks:

• Strategic planning and communication: Supporting management in the formulation, communication and implementation of corporate goals and vision; preparing strategic content for internal and external target groups.
• Project management and steering of initiatives: Leading and overseeing company-wide, complex initiatives as a direct staff function to the Managing Director and ensuring strategic projects are implemented on time and in a targeted manner.
• Interface management: Acting as the link between management, division and department heads, the holding company, the bank and external partners on strategic topics.
• Decision preparation: Gathering information, conducting data analyses and preparing decision documents for management.
• Operational crisis management: Identifying friction points and bottlenecks early and independently stepping in with a solution-oriented approach.
• Presence at leadership level: Participating in leadership rounds, board meetings and strategic alignments and staying up to date on business-critical topics.

You check these boxes:

• Several years of relevant professional experience in operations, strategic management or management consulting with proven implementation capability.
• Excellent communication and translation skills between business departments, IT and top management.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to structure complex issues quickly.
• Diplomatic skills, assertiveness, resilience and ability to work under pressure.
• Clear prioritisation skills, decisiveness and willingness to address uncomfortable topics.
• Business-fluent German and English skills.
• Experience in financial services or technology, group or holding structures, data analysis and decision documents for top management is an advantage.

Our Offer

• International, talented and passionate community at Erste.
• Interest groups and clubs.
• Health Centre at Erste Campus.
• Employee benefits for financial services, insurances, supermarkets, clothing stores and more.
• Employee Referral Program.
• Minimum salary of EUR 70.000 gross per year, with actual salary depending on professional and personal qualifications.

Application

Please add one short section to your application for each of the following points: First 60 Days Plan and Prioritisation under uncertainty.

Contact

Mariane Senjak